Ben Alexander

Actor

Nicholas Benton "Ben" Alexander III (June 27, 1911 – July 5, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916. He is best remembered for his role as Officer Frank Smith in the Dragnet franchise.

Born: May 27, 1911 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Died: July 5, 1969 (Age 58)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Are These Our Children? Movie	5.7	Actor	Nicholas 'Nick' Crosby	1931
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off Movie	3.7	Actor	Larry Weldon	1938
The Spy Ring Movie	5.5	Actor	Capt. Don Mayhew	1938
Flirtation Movie	5.4	Actor	Dudley	1934
Boy of Mine Movie		Actor	Bill Latimer	1923
What Price Innocence? Movie	5.2	Actor	Tommy Harrow	1933
The Life of Vergie Winters Movie	6.4	Actor	Barry Preston	1934
Criminals Within Movie	5.2	Actor	Sgt. Paul	1941
The Divine Lady Movie	6	Actor	Young lieutenant	1928
Most Precious Thing in Life Movie	5.9	Actor	Gideon 'Gubby' Gerhart	1934
Dragnet Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Officer Frank Smith	1954
The Legion of Missing Men Movie	4.9	Actor	Don Carter	1937
Penrod and Sam Movie	7	Actor	Penrod Schofield	1923
The Outer Gate Movie	4.9	Actor	Bob Terry	1937
The Lady of the Dugout Movie	6.2	Actor	The Lady's son	1918
Red Lights Ahead Movie	5.7	Actor	George Wallace	1936
The Highbinders Movie		Actor	Roy Marshall	1926
All Quiet on the Western Front Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	8	Actor	Franz Kemmerich	1930
The Fire-Trap Movie	4.8	Actor	Bob Fender	1935
The Triflers Movie		Actor		1920
Man in the Shadow Movie	6.7	Actor	Ab Begley	1957
Grand Old Girl Movie	5.2	Actor	Tom Miller	1935
Tom Brown of Culver Movie	6.1	Actor	Cpl. John Clarke	1932
Convict's Code Movie	5.3	Actor	Jeff Palmer	1939
This Day and Age Movie	6.1	Actor	Morry Dover	1933
Suicide Fleet Movie	5.3	Actor	Kid	1931
Born to Gamble Movie	4.9	Actor	Paul Mathews	1935
High Pressure Movie	6.4	Actor	Geoffrey Weston	1932
Stage Mother Movie	5.8	Actor	Francis Nolan	1933
Little Orphant Annie Movie	6.7	Actor	Orphan	1918
Hearts of the World Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	The Boy's Littlest Brother	1918
Buried Alive Movie	4.5	Actor	Riley	1939
Once to Every Woman Movie	6.1	Actor	Joe Wilson	1934
Annapolis Farewell Movie	5.9	Actor	Adams	1935
Shall We Dance Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Evans (uncredited)	1937
It's a Wise Child Movie	8.6	Actor	Bill Stanton	1931
The Little American Movie	6	Actor	Bobby Moore	1917
The Life of the Party Movie	5.4	Actor	Orchestra Leader	1937
The Wet Parade Movie	6	Actor	Evelyn's Friend (uncredited)	1932
The Leather Pushers Movie	6	Actor	Dan Brown, Announcer	1940
A Wife on Trial Movie		Actor	Child (uncredited)	1917
The Heart of Rachael Movie		Actor	Jim	1918
Josselyn's Wife Movie		Actor	Tommy Josselyn	1919
The Hushed Hour Movie		Actor	Gondy	1919
Blue Streak McCoy Movie	6.6	Actor	Job the child	1920
Western Gold Movie	5.4	Actor	Bart	1937
Many a Slip Movie	6.6	Actor	Ted Coster	1931
The Family Honor Movie	6.4	Actor	Little Ben Tucker	1920
The Vanishing Frontier Movie	5.4	Actor	Lucien Winfield	1933
Los Angeles Plays Itself Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)	2004
The White Heather Movie	6.1	Actor	Donald Cameron	1919
The One Woman Movie		Actor	Boy	1918
Each Pearl a Tear Movie		Actor		1916
Dragnet TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Frank Smith 276 Episodes	1951-1959
The Colgate Comedy Hour TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1950-1955
The Felony Squad TV Show	7.2	Actor	Desk Sgt. Dan Briggs 73 Episodes	1966-1969
Batman TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1966-1968
This Is Your Life TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1950-1993
Judd for the Defense TV Show	7.5	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1969
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show TV Show	7.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1956-1961
About Faces TV Show		Actor	1 Episode	1960-1960
American Portrait Short Film	6.3	Actor	David	1940
Two to One Short Film	4.7	Actor	George Minafer as a Child	1927
Roadhouse Queen Short Film	6.4	Actor	Junior Knox	1933
The Yankee Spirit Short Film		Actor		1923
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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